the Kings-Midnite Cruiser-Only A Fool Would Say That run is highly underrated and gets ignored too often in favor of Do It Again and Reelin' In The Years.
Date: December 12th, 2021 8:59 PM Author: very tactful stage
Fucking credited man. I wouldn't say they matured because their music was always top notch, but the way they could evolve in terms of arrangements with the section is so 180.
They definitely matured. Can't Buy A Thrill and Countdown To Ecstasy were both top notch, but later albums are in a completely different world in terms of harmonic complexity. Unfortunately, that doesn't always translate into great songs - I find most of Gaucho boring - but there are also plenty of unmitigated 180s among their later work, most notably Kid Charlemagne which has a colorable claim to being the GOAT rock song.